- Date
- August 20, 1969
- Place
- Alexandria, VA · ALEXANDRIA, VA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6389YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163421
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3626 69/8/20 ALEXANDRIA,VA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2000 TIME - 1250 N6389Y PX- 0 0 5 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON-VA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND,VA ALEXANDRIA,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- RNWY 35 ACTIVE,PLT DISCRETION 29.ACFT OBS DEP 35 AFTER T/D.UN GO-AROUND DUE PROXIMITY OTR ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6389Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Washington-Va
N6389YRegistration cancelled Mar 23, 2019 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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